Monday, September 5, 2016

Dendrobium agathodaemonis

Dendrobium agathodaemonis is very closely related to Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
and considered to be the same species by some. To my mind, however, they
are quite different, the former species having very thin growths and
flowers without the dark lip markings that Dendrobium cuthbertsonii
has. This is a plant I grew from a seedling and which has rather small
but very clear red flowers. The plant is only a couple of centimeters
tall and the flowers around three centimeters long. Like its close
relative, it is from New Guinea and is cool growing.

Hi Ron, lovely to see the rewards of your excellent growing yet again! I bought a number of seedlings from Dick Warren and have kept 3 which are all becoming very sturdy and many-branched. Fingers crossed i'll have the success you do.